EXHIBIT 24.1

                                  CONSENT 

                                     OF 

                     ERNST & YOUNG, LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
   
We consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated February 28,
1997 (except Note 7, as to which the date is March 12, 1997), with respect to
the consolidated financial statements and schedules of Canterbury Information
Technology, Inc. (formerly Canterbury Corporate Services, Inc.) included in
its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended November 30, 1996, in Amendment
No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form S-3/A, No. 333-37197) and related
Prospectus of Canterbury Information Technology, Inc. for the registration of
3,485,500 shares of its common stock.
    


                                                /s/ Ernst & Young, LLP
                                                   
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 29, 1997